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Skirting the Issues? A Response to Angela Miles

Skirting the Issues? A Response to Angela Miles

Susan Collard
1990
1990

Abstract

This article offers a response to Angela Miles' "Women's Challenge to Adult Education" which appeared in the May 1989 issue of this journal. The article moves through a series of questions to an attempted reconstruction of the theoretical basis underlying Angela Miles' arguments. It then notes, that in light of recent exchanges between postmodernism and feminism, this theoretical basis can be called into question. It concludes with the suggestion that postmodernism modifies rather than denies the issue of women's challenge to adult education.

Abstract

This article offers a response to Angela Miles' "Women's Challenge to Adult Education" which appeared in the May 1989 issue of this journal. The article moves through a series of questions to an attempted reconstruction of the theoretical basis underlying Angela Miles' arguments. It then notes, that in light of recent exchanges between postmodernism and feminism, this theoretical basis can be called into question. It concludes with the suggestion that postmodernism modifies rather than denies the issue of women's challenge to adult education.

Social Movements

Feminist

Keywords

Gender, Nonformal Education

Theme

Popular Education; Adult Education; and Social Movement Learning